Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection and effective dates due to inadequate VA medical opinions.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and tinnitus, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor based on evidence of record.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's tinnitus is related to his military service during Gulf War Era.

The appeal was dismissed as the Board Appeal request was not timely filed.

The Board granted service connection for other specified trauma-and-stressor-related disorder, bilateral tinnitus, and right ear hearing loss, while denying service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus as additional evidence must be obtained.

The Board denied service connection for deep vein thrombosis, hyperlipidemia, vitamin D deficiency, pre-diabetes, and obstructive sleep apnea. The Veteran's hypertension was not found to be compensable, and the ratings for his depressive disorder and tinnitus were also denied.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied it for hearing loss and a vision condition.

The Board remands the matter for further evidentiary development to ensure compliance with its prior remand instructions regarding the severity of the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss.

The appeals for service connection for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss were withdrawn by the Veteran's representative before a decision was promulgated.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The other claims were remanded for further development.

The Board dismissed the appeals for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, an increased rating for tinnitus, service connection for vertigo, and service connection for a right ankle disability due to untimely VA Form 10182 submissions without good cause shown.

The Board granted the reinstatement of a 30% rating for cystic kidney disease, denied service connection for supraventricular tachycardia and old myocardial infarction, and denied initial ratings in excess of 10% for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, cervical strain, esophagus stricture, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and migraine headaches due to untimely notice of disagreement. The appeal for B-cell lymphoma was remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, tinnitus, diabetes mellitus type II, and Parkinson's disease.

The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including tinnitus, traumatic brain injury, post-concussion migraines, peripheral vestibular disorder, insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome thoracolumbar spine, lumbar right side sciatic nerve radiculopathy, lumbar left side sciatic nerve radiculopathy, cervical strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, and cervical right upper extremity radiculopathy.

The Board denied the claims for increased ratings and remanded additional issues due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, finding the evidence is in approximate balance as to whether it began during active service and resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus due to a duty to assist error, specifically the lack of a separation examination from August 9, 1979, and missing private medical records.